The Southern Conference has announced the pairings for the 2014 Mens Basketball Tournament, slated to begin Friday (March 7) in Asheville, N.C., at the U.S. Cellular Center.

The tournament will begin when eighth-seeded Samford faces No. 9 Appalachian State at 11:00 a.m. as part of the leagues annual Education Day program. That game will be followed by the seventh-seeded Georgia Southern Eagles taking on No. 10 seed Furman.

Fridays final game begins at 4:00 p.m. when No. 6 UNCG squares off against No. 11 The Citadel.

Davidson captured the No. 1 overall seed and earned a bye to Saturdays quarterfinals. The Wildcats will face the Samford-Appalachian State winner at noon. The second quarterfinal is between the No. 4 seeded Elon Phoenix and No. 5 Western Carolina.

Chattanooga (2) and Wofford (3) earned the final two byes into the quarterfinals. The Mocs will play Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against either Georgia Southern or Furman. Wofford will face the UNCG-Citadel winner at 8:30 p.m.

Sundays first semifinal is set for 6:30 p.m. with the second matchup scheduled to tip at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Fridays opening round and Saturdays quarterfinals can all be seen on ESPN3. Sundays semifinals will be shown on CSS and made available through ESPN3. Mondays championship game will tip off at 9:00 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN2.